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The Australian seaside village of Lennox Head will not hold a Championship Tour (CT) event at Lennox Head, New South Wales. The Ballina Shire Council rejected a World Surf League (WSL) competition at the iconic point break. WSL wanted to add an extra venue to this year’s Australian CT leg, but the authorities voted against […]
Greg Webber announced the creation of two patented wave shaping designs that promise a new approach to utilizing ocean swells. The Australian wave pool developer created V-wall (movable seawall) and V-reef (floating reef), two solutions that will help improve the quality of waves at natural surf breaks. V-wall is a pair of hollow concrete walls […]
Jack Robinson has taken out the 2019 Volcom Pipe Pro, at Pipeline, on the North Shore of Oahu, in Hawaii. The 21-year-old Western Australian surfer defeated Barron Mamiya, Reef Heazlewood and Balaram Stack. The final got underway in perfect six-to-eight-foot surf. “I’m elated. I can’t believe it. It’s a dream come true to win a […]
The World Surf League (WSL) has announced the launch of its mobile surfing game. True Surf is available for download now. One of the interesting innovations about True Surf is that, not only it features 21 world-class surf breaks, but the ocean conditions also change according to real-time surf forecasts. The new surfing game imports […]
Finn Cox and Emma Cattlin have taken out the 2018 Taj’s Small Fries in Yallingup, Western Australia. The duo has successfully defended last year’s titles in the 16 & Under Boys and Girls divisions. The last day of competition got underway under sunny blue skies and gorgeous two-to-three-foot waves at Smith’s Reef. “It’s just been […]
American investment management firm Oaktree Capital Management announced the full acquisition of the Australian surf company Billabong. The deal is worth $299m (A$380), and has been officially confirmed by Billabong International Limited. Oaktree already holds 19 percent of the shares in Billabong. The acquisition is made through Boardriders, the firm owned by Oaktree that controls Quiksilver, […]
There are only two surfers in contention to win the 2017 World Surf League (WSL) title: John John Florence and Gabriel Medina. The Banzai Pipeline delivered fair wave riding conditions, in a dramatic day of competition that lost two world title hunters. Jordy Smith was eliminated from the event, and Julian Wilson is mathematically out […]
Tyler Wright is your 2017 World Surf League (WSL) women’s champion. The Australian surfer secured a back-to-back Championship Tour (CT) title after reaching the semifinals of the Maui Women’s Pro, and watching her direct opponents – Sally Fitzgibbons and Courtney Conlogue – fall early in the competition. “I have just been having the best week, […]
Three-time world champion Mick Fanning went surfing at the Eisbach River, in Munich, Germany. The Australian surfer, who is set to compete at the Quiksilver Pro France, decided to visit Germany, enjoy the legendary local river wave, and taste a few beers during the iconic Oktoberfest. The Eisbach River wave is a one-meter standing wave […]